Arab Nations Are REALIGNING in Response to Israel’s War on Gaza (w/ Rami Khouri)

Palestinian-American author, opinion columnist, & Distinguished Public Policy Fellow at the American University in Beirut Rami Khouri joins Bad Faith to provide much needed background on how and why Arab nations are realigning in response to continued Israeli aggression in Gaza. Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and others are part of what Khouri describes as an axis of resistance, but what is motivating these disparate groups, how do the last seven decades of conflict between Israel and its neighbors inform regional attitudes, and what is the potential for a broader regional war? Also, Khouri weighs in on the state department’s response to South Africa’s petition for the international court of justice to charge Israel with genocide, and the Biden administration’s response to Ben Gvir’s & Smotritch’s calls for ethnic cleansing. Finally, he talks about the Nakba affected his own family, and how his Arab Israeli loved ones in Nazareth are experiencing post 10/7 Israel. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).